Golf training, exercising, and practicing apparatus



E. McL. Lowe.

GOLF TRAINING, EXERCISING, AND PRACTICING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED vac. 18. 1920;

1,427,53 Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE MOLIEEAN LONG, OF NETT YORK,- N. Y.

GOLF TRAINING, EXFNCISING, AND PRACTICING APPABATUS.

7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 29,

Application filed December 18, 1920. Serial No. 431,538.

To all tvhom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, EUGENE MGLEAN LON-G, a citizen of the United States, and a.

resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Golf Training, Exercisin and Practicing A paratus, of which the folowing is a'speci cation.

The object of my invention isto provide a simple device of this class which may be used when teaching or practicin the correct posture and movements emp oyed by a player when driving a golf ball, and a further object is to provide a device of this character which uses no ball or other detachable part which is liable to be lost or injure a person or thing at or near the place of its use. Yet a further object is toprovide a device which may be used anywhere that there is sufficient room to swing a golf club. These and other objects are accomplished by my invention, one embodiment of which is hereinafter more articularly set forth.

For a more detalled description of my invention, reference is to be had to the accompanyin drawings, forming a part hereof in whic Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved ap aratus.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure3 is a sectional view, taken onthe line 33 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged sectional views of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. These sections are also shown on Figures 6 and 7 res ctively,

Figures 6'and 7 are en arged inverted lan views of the elasticuprights located w ere the sectional views 44 and 55 are taken.

Throughout the-various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved apparatus 1 is composed of a mat 2'and flexible and elastic tabs 3 anti 4, the former being a-center tab and the latter end tabs.

The mat 2 is preferably made of a thick,

strong mixture of canvas and rubber and is adapted to lie fiat on a floor. Inthe preor carpet or floor on which it may rest and also protect the club so that the same is not likely to be broken. The line 6 indicates where the double thickness of the matends and where the single thickness begins. The ..elast1c tabs 3 and 4 extend upwardly from the mat 2 and are spaced substantially a foot apart, the tab 3 being something like an inch high and the tab 4 being substantlally two inches high, although these dimensions may be varlated if desired. Each of these tabs passes through a suitable slot 7 in a countersunk opening 8 and through a slot in a washer 9 and about a lower washer 1Q beneath the surface of the mat 2, as indlcated. Shoulders 11 (see Figure 3) take over the washer 9 and hold the same in the opening 8 with a snug and close fit.

In the preferred embodiment of this invention the washers 10 are recessed at 12 to receive the rubber bands 13 which form the uprights.

.It will be noted that one elastic tab 4 may go through any of several slots 7 according to, the volition of the player because it is necessary at times to shift this tab for I a purpose which will be set forth below.

In view of the foregoing, the use of this apparatus W111 be readily understood. As-

suming the parts to be as indicated and the raised and ready for a drive. He. then makes his drive in the correct form or as near thereto as he can attain, and if he strikes first a tab 4, then the tab3 and then the second tab-4 with the right swing and movement, he has made the correct stroke. If he does not attain to this he will strike the heavy part of the mat 2 or only. one of the tabs or neither of the tabs, so that at all times he can tell whether or not he is driving in true form. Should he desire topractice a curve drive instead of a straight drive, he shifts the second tab 4 to one of the inward positions, there beingas many of these as'des'ired, and again resumes his practice facing the mat as before but bringing the bottom of the club, during the stroke and between the tabs, so as to cut a slicing blow on the second tab. This is more difiicult than the straight drive, but the practice is much the same, the difference being the draw necessary to get the slicing movement.

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N hen the practice is finished the mat may be removed from the floor and stored in any convenient manner, and as the tabs are elasticit may be rolled or otherwise disposed of.

W hile I have shown and described one embodiement of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope or the annexed claims 7 Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

- l. A mat with elastic, aligned tabs arising therefrom which are spaced to be struck successively by a golf club for the purpose of indicating the proper direction of a golf v stroke and practicing'this stroke,

52. in an apparatus of the class described,

- wardly therefrom, the said tab consisting of a rubber band and washers, the tab being so arranged and disposed that it passes about one washer and through another.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d da of December, 1920.

EUGE M0L1EAN LONG.

positions suitable for practicing golf 

